Rumor: Del Toro Directing Cthulhu Film With Tom Cruise
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There has yet to be a good cthulu movie. Mouth of Madness was the closest to a good movie adaptation. Dagon and Cthulu were the most faithful to the source material but even then they were boring. Not for kiddies but From Beyond was a great 80's creature feature before all this CG stuff cheapened the art of special effects. It also wasn't good but still well crafted.
Hopefully GDT will pull it off but then again it needs to be R. Hellboy proved he can't work in PG.
Pans Labyrinth was one of the most amazing movies ever made though, if you haven't seen it do yourself a favor and block out some time with the cell phone off.
Hopefully GDT will pull it off but then again it needs to be R. Hellboy proved he can't work in PG.
Pans Labyrinth was one of the most amazing movies ever made though, if you haven't seen it do yourself a favor and block out some time with the cell phone off.
I heard Mike Mignola (craeator of Hellboy) say that Guillermo had to pull a lot of favours to make the Hellboy movie...could it be it's time to pay the devil it's due? Maybe Cruise or Cameron put the cash for the film now they want Guil's reputation and project and use it for commercial gain?
Still think Avatar is the most over rated and over priced movie ever but Cameron is usually a good producer for action movies, this movie would probably require subtle and serious artistry. Also, I don't hate hate Tom Cruise, but if they make a movie with him, it's all going to be about him and Cthulhu stories are usually not really that much about a main (human) character but rather the experience. I'm scared it's gonna end up like a Will Smith movie (take your pick I am legend, I, robot etc.) where they just take the name and a very basic idea of the story and make a cliche action movie that basically doesn't have any connection or intelectual connection to the original.
Still think Avatar is the most over rated and over priced movie ever but Cameron is usually a good producer for action movies, this movie would probably require subtle and serious artistry. Also, I don't hate hate Tom Cruise, but if they make a movie with him, it's all going to be about him and Cthulhu stories are usually not really that much about a main (human) character but rather the experience. I'm scared it's gonna end up like a Will Smith movie (take your pick I am legend, I, robot etc.) where they just take the name and a very basic idea of the story and make a cliche action movie that basically doesn't have any connection or intelectual connection to the original.
The problem I have with Tom Cruise is that, despite all the roles he's played, he does not do the straight man well (no pun intended). He's much more endearing and memorable when he's actually given free rein to go crazy and comical; when he's given a serious lead, he just comes across as artificial, uninvested, and, well, just too damn stoic. Whenever he lets his unhinged self shine through, that's when he's watchable.
This is not to say that he can't be compelling, but a horrific, reality-bending, sanity-fucking Lovecraft adaptation might not not be the best place to do it. We'll see.
Also: am I the only one who's wondering how Lovecraft is going to gel with his religious beliefs?
This is not to say that he can't be compelling, but a horrific, reality-bending, sanity-fucking Lovecraft adaptation might not not be the best place to do it. We'll see.
Also: am I the only one who's wondering how Lovecraft is going to gel with his religious beliefs?
I love that t-shirt design so very much, it was the best birthday present ever - always gives me a good chuckle! With that out of the way, I have to say I am finding it very hard to envision Tom Cruise in this film, or rather, what I imagine this film to be based on the short story (which you can read in its entirety right here [http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/mountainsofmaddness.htm] if you are so inclined). My mind can't quite reconcile those two things.
If Cthulhu is actually in At The Mountains Of Madness I'll be disappointed in Del Toro. However, Del Toro doing a movie with Shoggoths in is definitely something I want to see.
This.Dami Fayse said:
Felt the need to be pedantic and point out that Cthulu doesn't appear in AtMoM. I won't hold it against the film if they do deviate somewhat, though - Lovecraft had a thing for expressing the horror of his environments by talking about horrifying, unfathomable, alien...geometry. Which isn't the scariest thing in the world.
Well...it wouldn't be it you showed it on a screen. That just wouldn't work.jonnosferatu said:
I don't see a Lovecraft movie working, really, the effect was in the writing style, and it tended to feature things you couldn't show. I don't see a Tom Cruise movie working, cause Tom Cruise would be in it.
These two things are unlikely to cancel each other out.
Also...I liked Hellboy...but sticking big tentacles in does not make you Lovecraft.
The horror also comes from the atmosphere, which I think can be done.thaluikhain said:
I also don't get the hate for Tom Cruise as an actor. He's hardly on the level with any of my favorites, but being the insane public relations figurehead for an evil cult doesn't automatically make him a terrible actor.
Possibly, but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone to create an atmosphere the way Lovecraft could.jonnosferatu said:
No, but it doesn't stop him from being a terrible actor either.jonnosferatu said:
Great; so anyone who watches it will go insane, because that's just what happens in these situations.
What the bloody....I love Star Wars....This...I want to kill...Mr Jack said:
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This thing Shamus wrote... It made me cry.
It made me lose me faith in modern humanity.
...AWDMANOUT said:
Nobody better use the following words: prequels, holiday, special, Ewok or adventure, then.
Cthulhu? Check! Del Toro? Check! Cruise? Bugger. I wanna see this made, but they really don't need Tom Cruise in it. Pick some unknown who doesn't demand a massive paycheck but has talent nontheless. It's hard to maintain suspension of disbelief when a film has actors that are too well known. Then it's impossible to keep in mind the character, when all you can see is the actor playing him. If Harrison Ford had been as famous as he is today back when Star Wars was filmed, it'd be difficult seeing him as "Han Solo" rather than as "Harrison Ford playing some smuggler guy."
